The U.S. ranks 3rd in liking the United States

According to the Pew Global Attitudes Project, seventy-nine percent of Americans in 2011 had a favorable view of Americans. That makes the United States rank third out of twenty-three countries ranked in that category. Japan ranks first, with eight-five percent of Japanese having a favorable view of the United States.

In 2010, the United States ranked second (Kenya was first), with 86% of Americans having a favorable view of the United States.

Chart taken from Pew
(http://www.pewglobal.org/database/?indicator=1&survey=13&response=Favorable&mode=chart)

The U.S. ranks 12th in age of first sex education

According to the 2005 Durex Global Sex Survey, the average age at which Americans have their first sex education is 12.5 years, which makes the United States tied for twelfth with Australia, Japan, and the United Kingdom out of forty-one countries ranked in that category. Germany ranks first, with the average age of first sex education at 11.3 years.

The U.S. ranks 2nd in harvesters

According to the World Resources Institute, in 2003 there were 662,000 mechanical agricultural harvesters in use in the United States, or 15.6% of the world’s total harvesters, which was enough to make the United States rank second in that category. Japan ranked first, with 1,042,000 harvesters, or 24.5% of the world’s mechanical harvesters.

The U.S. ranks 34th in Children’s Index

According to the Save the Children publication, State of the World’s Mothers 2010, the United States ranks thirty-fourth out of forty-three “more developed countries” in the “Children’s Index”ranking. The top ten countries are:

1. Sweden
2. Italy
3. Germany
4. France
5. Austria
6. Iceland
7. Japan (tied with Iceland)
8. Portugal
9. Luxembourg
10. Norway (tied with Luxembourg)

The U.S. ranks 61st in monetary freedom

According to the Heritage Foundation’s Index of Economic Freedom, 2011, the United States has a monetary freedom score of 77.4, which makes the United States tied for sixty-first with Mauritania out of one hundred seventy-nine ranked countries. Japan ranks first, with a monetary freedom score of 87.9

The U.S. ranks 48th in garlic costs

According to FAOStat, in 2008 the producer price for garlic in the United States was $961.00 per tonne, which makes the United States rank forty-eighth in that category. Japan ranks first, with a producer cost of $16,021.80 per tonne.

The U.S. ranks 7th in expat rental costs

According to EuroCost international, the United States (New York City) is the seventh most expensive place for expatriates to rent a 2- or 3-bedroom apartment. The most expensive country is Japan (Tokyo). Here is the top ten list:

1. Japan (Tokyo)

2. United Kingdom (London)

3. China (Hong Kong)

4. Russia (Moscow)

5. Angola (Luanda)

6. India (Mumbai)

7. United States (New York City)

8. Japan (Osaka)

9. Singapore (Singapore)

10. Lebanon (Beirut)

The U.S. ranks 4th in ginger imports

According to FAOStat, the United States imported 35,509 tonnes of ginger in 2007. This was 5.3% of the world’s total ginger imports and was enough for the United States to rank fourth out of 158 countries in this category. Japan ranked first, importing 85,355 tonnes of ginger, or 12.6% of the world’s total imports.

Entry prepared by Sean Fishel.

The U.S. ranks 2nd in net trade of wild orchids

According to the World Resources Institute, in 2002 the United States had a net trade (imports minus exports) of 9593 wild orchids, which was enough to make the United States rank second in that category. Japan ranked first, with a net trade of 21,131 wild orchids.

The U.S. ranks 18th in freedom from corruption

According to the Heritage Foundation’s 2010 Index of Economic Freedom, the United States has a “freedom from corruption” score of 73, which makes the United States tied for eighteenth in that category with Belgium and Japan. Denmark, New Zealand, and Sweden are tied for first, with a score of 93.